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Bedlam in the New World : a Mexican madhouse in the Age of Enlightenment /

"Christina Ramos reconstructs the history of this overlooked colonial hospital from its origins in 1567 to its transformation in the eighteenth century, when it began to admit a growing number of patients transferred from the Inquisition and secular criminal courts. Drawing on the poignant voic...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ramos, Christina (Historian) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2022]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : Casting light from the margins
  • Bedlam in the New World
  • An enlightened madhouse
  • It is easy to mistake a heretic for a madman : The view from the Inquisition
  • Medicalization and its discontents
  • Crime and punishment
  • Conclusion : A defense of Bedlam.